The Malamute Pup-lode is a gold and mercury mine located in Alaska.
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Malamute Pup-lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Malamute Pup-lode
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Iditarod
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface and underground: 70 ft. long adit; workings are caved in.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1992
Comment (Production): Production Notes = Development reported for years 1929-34, but production, if any, is unknown.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode: polymetallic veins.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Gold, arsenopyrite, and cinnabar are in quartz and calcite veins that cut monzonite and altered volcanic rocks.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.
Reference (Deposit): Maloney , R.P., 1962, Trenching and sampling of the Rhyolite mercury prospect, Kuskokwim River basin, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6141, 43 p.
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Miller, M.L., Laird, G.M., and Bull, K.F., 1992, Geology and mineral resources of Iditarod mining district, Iditarod B-4 and eastern B-5 quadrangles, southwestern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 97, 46 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Iditarod quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-363, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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